Safe Drinking Water Regulations 2025

If the Secretary believes that water samples collected at a water sampling area specified in a water supplier's risk management plan do not, or will not, represent the drinking water supplied by the water supplier to the public, the Secretary may direct the water supplier to do one or more of the following—

vary the boundaries of that area and any associated water sampling area;

specify a new water sampling area for the purposes of the water supplier's risk management plan.

If the Secretary believes that a water supplier is supplying drinking water to an area (an additional area) that is not specified as a water sampling area for the purposes of the water supplier's risk management plan, the Secretary may direct the water supplier to do one or more of the following—

vary the boundaries of one or more water sampling areas specified in the water supplier's risk management plan to ensure the additional area is specified as a water sampling area;

specify the additional area as a new water sampling area for the purposes of the water supplier's risk management plan.

A direction under subregulation (1) or (2) must—

be in writing; and

describe how the boundaries of the new water sampling area or the varied water sampling area (as the case requires) are to be determined.

A water supplier who is given a direction under subregulation (1) or (2) must comply with that direction.